Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | |||
| 01/10/2011 | 90000 | ||
| I own a 2003 chevy sliverdo 1500 ex cab truck. i bought it in 2008, i started to have issues with the speedomer when i hit 80,000 miles. there would be times it would work and then quit. now that i have 120,000 miles my speedometer does not work at all. i found out that there was a lawsuit for this problem back in 2007 and the only remeidit for gm to pay for it was your truck was to be less then 7 years less then 70,000 miles on it to recived the speical extented thing. i can not get it fixed for i can not afford the 500-700 to fix it. gm should have recalled this problem there are many that i have found on the net that have the same issues as i have. i can t have my truck down for any mount of time due to i am disabled and need my truck to haul my wheelchair | |||
| 10/22/2010 | 103000 | ||
| 2003 chevolet silverado speedometer sometimes does not work and pressure gage sometimes works intermittently along with the speedometer. | |||
| 06/04/2010 | |||
| Speedometer is not working at all, will not register which is causing the transmission to slip. it is constant, and we cannot drive the vehicle we had to take vehicle to have it repaired, it cost $492.50. gmc/chevy is aware of the problem but no recall has been issued and if your vehicle is 7 years new or has less than80,000 miles it is being fixed for free. my vehicle is only 7 years old but has 100,000. i also own a 2004 gmc envoy which appeared to be running okay an dthen on the way home from getting the chevy fixed now the speedometer on the envoy is not working. i have attempted to call gmc customer service and i am just getting the run around. i spoke to john at jba chevrolet (he is the mechanic - 410-766-6305) he said this is a known problem. | |||
| 06/01/2009 | 12000 | 1 | |
| Class action complaints speedometer problems chevy silverado 1500 owner alan goold. *tr | |||
| 02/11/2008 | 81000 | 40 | 09/17/2003 |
| Gm sent out a letter telling its customers that if you had a silverado (mine is a 2003) that has speedometer problems it could nbe replaced free of charge if it has less than 70,000 mile or 7 years. my truck started having speedometer problems when it hit 81,000, so even though its 5 years old i have to pay to have it replaced? its not like its a speedometer cable, its the whole cluster which is pretty expensive. i think gm needs to make good on this before someone gets hurt. *tr | |||
| 01/18/2007 | 58000 | 10 | 12/20/2004 |
| 2003 chevrolet silverado speedometer began acting erratic in january of 2007 with speeds at a stop ranging from 50-120 miles per hour. i do not know what the actual speed of the vehicle is because the speedometer is usually incorrect and in varying degrees of inaccuracy. *tr | |||
| 02/14/2007 | 1 | 12/30/2002 | |
| Speedometer quit working on my 2003 chevy silverado 1500 | |||
| 03/18/2007 | 27800 | 3 | 04/19/2003 |
| Tl* the contact owns a 2003 chevrolet silverado 1500. while driving 25 mph the speedometer automatically increased to 120 mph. however, the contact was still driving at 25 mph. the contact stated that this failure occurred on two other occasions while driving 55 mph. he disconnected the negative battery cable and parked the vehicle for twenty minutes. he then rehooked the cable and the speedometer reset itself. the contact had to perform this routine each time the speedometer got stuck at 120 mph. from the nhtsa website he discovered that thiswas an ongoing failure with this type of vehicle. the current mileage is 28,144, and failure mileage was 27,800.*ak | |||
| 04/16/2007 | 52212 | 1 | 08/10/2005 |
| 2003 chevrolet silverado z71 speedometer indicating 120 mph with with engine off. speedometer will function between 90 mph & pegged outwhen driving. gm will not recognize this as a recall item, and looking at some online forums this was a common problem for 2002 -2006 silverados. *ak | |||
| 04/09/2007 | 49500 | 1 | |
| I own a 2003 chevrolet silverado 1500 truck that has a problem with the speedometer.the speedometer is way off from the correct speed and sometimes dosn't move at all. i can't ever tell how fast i'm going. *ak | |||
| 03/07/2003 | 115000 | 1 | 03/07/2003 |
| Tl* - the contact owns a 2003 chevrolet silverado. the speedometer does not record the correct speed. the vehicle was purchased two weeks ago knowing that the speedometer was not working. the mechanic, where the vehicle was purchased, did not know how to repair the speedometer. the failure mileage was 115,000. the contact had not taken the vehicle to a chevrolet dealer for diagnosis. the current and failure mileage were both 115,000. *ak | |||
| 03/22/2007 | 48000 | 1 | 08/20/2006 |
| The speedometer in 2003 chevrolet silverado was not working. it makes excessive amounts of noise, and got stuck in various positions during acceleration/ deceleration. moved both directions in a ratchet motion.*ak | |||
| 06/07/2006 | 36000 | 1000 | 10/26/2003 |
| Speedometer gauge is not reading the correct speed and jumps all over the place. this can cause me to have a accident because i am unable to tell what speed i am traveling. *jb | |||
| 10/13/2005 | 75000 | 1 | 03/10/2003 |
| Speedometer failure. know several people with this problem. chevy dealer acknowledged the problem on several vehicles. was informed that it was not a safety issue. if there are so many failures why not recall and replace. *jb | |||
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL - CRUISE CONTROL | |||
| 05/26/2007 | 51850 | 1 | |
| I own a 2003 silverado ls half ton pick up truck. this past weekend, i was returning from ft. worth, tx and had my cruise control set on 67mph. i was stopped and told that i was clocked at 85mph. after much argument, the officer allowed me to leave, and the speedometer would not work at all. apparently, while the cruise control was set at 67, the speed had crept up to 85mph. i did not drive my truck sunday or monday, but when i left to take it to the shop tuesday morning, the speedometer was working fine. my mechanic checked for any codes and it turned up an ip code whatever that may be. considering it would cost about $600.00 dollars to have something replaced that is now working, i elected to keep an eye on it. my question is, how can i trust this now? this can be quite expensive if i am issued a citation, but more than anything else, it is a safety problem. someone can unknowingly be going that fast is a very big liability to your company and to my life. if this is a recurring problem, these ip modules need to be recalled, they are a hazard. *tr | |||